I am of the group that you don’t decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving, and while yes, we did put our Christmas lights up this weekend, we did so only because we’re going to be gone the next three weekends and there are no Christmas decorations in the house yet, I promise! Butttt, I have… Read More
Many people hoard furniture, kitchen gadgets, collectibles, cats, all kinds of stuff. Me? I hoard shells and crap I find on the beach. So at this very moment in our garage, there’s an entire bag of driftwood, an entire bag of barnacles, a bag each of turkey wings, scallops, and cockle shells, an entire bucket… Read More
I’ve been looking for a new centerpiece for our dining room table for a while and haven’t found anything I like. We currently, and for about the last five years, have three glass bowls leftover from my thesis experiments filled with barnacles and shells. They fit with our style, are unassuming, and don’t get in… Read More
I’m going to share our secret beach activity with you guys today. Y’all should feel very privileged…it’s something we don’t show alot of people for fear of competitors :) When we head down the beach, one of our favorite things to do is not only look for shells but also for seabeans. When Matt and… Read More
Aside from being one of my favorite 90s country bands (“Amy’s Back in Austin”? “My Love”? Anyone? No? Just me?), Little Texas also can refer to my new piece on our office gallery wall. This little gallery wall has plenty of room to add to it and I’ve been anxious to start filling it in… Read More
Our summer is finally starting to wind down which is giving me time to get back to my projects and crafts, and my naps, and cooking. One craft/project I’ve been dwelling on for a while is a way to display the concert memorabilia we have accrued since we’ve been together (and some from before then).… Read More
Back in May we made our annual pilgrimage to Ikea in Houston and stocked up on some “necessities”, including their little Bekvam wooden step stool. We have a step ladder but I wanted something I could grab quicker, something shorter, and something I could leave out if I wanted to and not be hideous to look… Read More
When one of my best friends was pregnant with her first baby last fall, she asked me to help decorate his nursery which I obsessed over delved into immediately. I immediately thought of a gallery wall and the largest piece of the arrangement was a large wooden monogram of his first initial, L, with a… Read More
Last weekend, while waiting on the late-again countertop installers, I crossed off a huge but simple to-do that was long overdue…craft supply organization. Why does it seem like craft supplies multiply at the same rate they disappear? Things I swear I had are completely MIA (stamps) and things I didn’t even know I had anymore… Read More
I don’t get very girly accessory-wise, but I do dabble in the statement necklace and dangly earring field. Bracelets drive me cray-cray though and those get ditched by noon every.time. For the past few years I have stored my jewelry in plastic baggies within a big Ziploc in a bathroom vanity drawer. Gasp! I know.… Read More
